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Why Google refuses to believe I'm English

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BytePac: the cardboard hard disk enclosure

David Bayon finds a recyclable means of storing your hard disks
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PC Pro podcast: fibre on demand, Sony's loss and a new Nokia

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Is this Fanless Media PC worth £1,500?

Another passively cooled PC arrives, but is this one worthy of such a considerable price?
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The top ten Internet Explorer 9 Pinned Sites

IE9's Pinned Sites feature isn't talked about nearly enough. We rectify the mistake with a rundown of our top ten sites.
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PC Pro Excellence Award winners 2011

Find out who you voted top for broadband, laptops, digital cameras and more in this year's awards

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Chillblast Fusion Elixir

Chillblast's latest aims to tick all of the boxes for £599, but can it prove its worth in every department?

GoPro HD Hero2

This camera promises 1080p video as you plummet down the pistes

Quiet PC Streacom FC5-Z68 Fanless Media PC

Another passively cooled PC arrives, but is this one worthy of such a considerable price?

ZyXEL PLA4205 Powerline Adapter

Can powerline networking really make the leap to the office? ZyXEL thinks so

Check Point 2205 Appliance

This compact security appliance is more capable than it looks, as we find out in our review

Corel AfterShot Pro

It's cheaper than Lightroom, but can Corel's new photo processing package match it for power?

Nokia Lumia 710

Nokia's second Windows Phone handset is very reasonably priced, but is it any good?

AMD Radeon HD 7950

AMD launches its second 28nm card, but is the HD 7950 worth a whopping £340?

FXhome HitFilm Ultimate

Can a small Norwich-based firm bring big-budget special effects software to the masses?

Chrome's shine getting lost in translation

Google's developers might be as smart as a Savile Row suit with a masters degree in quantum physics, but sometimes software makers can be too clever for their...

BytePac: the cardboard hard disk enclosure

Say hello to the BytePac . It's a hard disk caddy made entirely out of 100% recyclable material (yes, cardboard), but before you jump to any rash, mocking...

How tech loosens our grip on reality

We cannot really understand yet how much technology has changed our lives. Those of us in our forties or older have the advantage of having seen a shift...

Hokum watch: Safer Internet Day

It’s Safer Internet Day! The day on which we’re meant “to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology”, according to the official...

How Apple lulls Mac owners into a false sense of security

Davey Winder says Apple's claims that Mac owners need not worry about security are dangerous

Privacy - outdated luxury or public necessity?

Advocates from two sides of the online privacy debate explain why your data is important

Building the bionic man

Will we soon be upgrading body parts like the components inside our PCs? Richard Lane discovers the idea isn't so far-fetched

The making of open-source software

Nicole Kobie reveals how software such as Ubuntu, LibreOffice and Firefox is made - and how you can get involved

How to make Google AdWords work for your business

Kevin Partner explains how to avoid the bottomless pit of Google's advertising system

The curse of sloppily written software

Jon Honeyball bemoans a lack of attention to detail with software coding

Paying for your crimes with Bitcoin

Davey Winder examines the online equivalent of cash-in-hand payments

Behind the scenes: tech support for Formula 1

Steve Cassidy meets the guy with one of the best tech-support jobs in the world

Latest Tutorials

BIOS guide: how to overclock your CPU

Darien Graham-Smith walks you through the process of overclocking AMD and Intel CPUs

Installing Ubuntu from a USB memory stick

Want to try out the open-source OS? We show how to install Ubuntu from USB

How to write a Chrome extension

Expand the capabilities of your browser with our step-by-step guide to writing a Chrome extension

How to upgrade from Windows 7 RC to Windows 7

If you're running the Windows 7 Release Candidate then you'll need to upgrade to the full version by the end of February. This guide explains how

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How to buy your first server

We reveal the key features to look for and how to avoid costly mistakes

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